The French authorities intend to accelerate the increase in defense spending in the coming years - in 2027, they will amount to 64 billion euros, which is twice as much as in 2017.
This was announced by the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron in his address to the country's military.
“Although we planned to double the military budget by 2030, we will do it by 2027“, said Macron, whose speech was broadcast on the Elysee Palace website in X.
“An additional 3.5 billion euros will be allocated for defense in 2026 and another 3 billion euros in 2027. The defense budget will thus double in 10 years and will amount to 64 billion euros.“
The military expenditure of the Republic, according to the law on the state budget for 2025, amounts to 50.5 billion euros. In 2017, when Macron was elected president of France, defense expenditure amounted to 32.3 billion euros.